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| Arizona LaserChron Center | |
|---|---|
| Name | Arizona LaserChron Center |
| Type | Research and Clinical Facility |
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Established | 2000s |
| Focus | Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Photonics, Chronobiology |
Arizona LaserChron Center The Arizona LaserChron Center is a multidisciplinary clinical and research facility in Phoenix, Arizona focused on laser-based diagnostics, chronobiology, ophthalmic surgery, and dermatologic treatments. It combines clinical services, translational research, and training programs that intersect with institutions such as Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Stanford Hospital. The center engages with funding agencies and consortia including the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and private foundations.
Founded in the early 2000s, the center grew amid advances in laser medicine pioneered by figures associated with Femtosecond laser development and institutions like Harvard Medical School and Imperial College London. Early collaborations involved investigators from University of Arizona, Arizona State University, University of California, San Francisco, and University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The center expanded during the 2010s alongside regulatory milestones from the Food and Drug Administration and professional guidelines from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Academy of Dermatology. Strategic partnerships included technology transfers with companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Bausch + Lomb, and Alcon.
The center houses operating suites and clean rooms comparable to those at Mayo Clinic Hospital and research laboratories modeled after facilities at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Core technologies include femtosecond and picosecond lasers, optical coherence tomography systems similar to those used at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, multiphoton microscopes akin to instruments at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and laser doppler flowmetry devices used in vascular studies at Cleveland Clinic. Imaging suites incorporate swept-source and spectral-domain OCT platforms developed in collaboration with teams from MIT, University College London, and University of Pennsylvania. The center’s instrumentation was upgraded through grants involving the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and procurements from manufacturers such as ZEISS, Carl Zeiss Meditec, and Topcon.
Clinical services span refractive and corneal surgery like procedures refined at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, glaucoma and retinal interventions comparable to programs at Wilmer Eye Institute, and dermatologic laser therapies similar to offerings at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Research programs include photobiomodulation projects linked to labs at University of California, Berkeley and chronobiology studies connected to researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The center conducts clinical trials registered with partners such as ClinicalTrials.gov and coordinates multicenter studies with networks like EyeNet and cooperative groups associated with National Eye Institute initiatives.
Training programs provide fellowships and continuing medical education modeled on curricula from American Board of Ophthalmology and American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery fellowships. The center hosts workshops and symposia in collaboration with academic centers including Harvard Medical School, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and University of Michigan Medical School. Outreach efforts engage patient advocacy organizations such as American Foundation for the Blind and National Alopecia Areata Foundation, and public education initiatives are run with partners like Arizona State University and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Notable projects include a multicenter refractive outcomes study conducted with Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Wills Eye Hospital, a retinal imaging consortium with Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Duke University School of Medicine, and a laser-tissue interaction research program co-led with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Collaborative translational work on corneal cross-linking involved teams from University of Utah and Moorfields Eye Hospital. The center contributed to device validation studies submitted to the Food and Drug Administration alongside manufacturers such as Abbott Laboratories and Medtronic.
Scholarly output from the center has appeared in journals associated with American Medical Association, Nature Medicine, The Lancet, Science Translational Medicine, and specialty publications linked to Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Awards and recognitions include grants and honors from the National Eye Institute, National Science Foundation, Arizona Biomedical Research Centre, and professional accolades from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. The center’s work influenced clinical practice guidelines referenced by organizations such as American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Academy of Dermatology, and prompted technology adoption by regional health systems including Banner Health and Dignity Health.
Category:Medical research institutes in Arizona Category:Ophthalmology organizations